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The Irish standard., 1887-04-23
THE IRISH STANDARD is the only Home Rule

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The Irish standard., 1887-04-23
IRTsHMEN. RALLY

A meeting OF the citizens Of Mime
apolis will be held in Harmonic Hall
next Thursday evening to protest
against the Ubiquitous coercion bill now
before the British House of Commons
1t is desirable that as many as can
make it convenient will be present on
this occasion. All the principal cities
of the United States have held meetings
of this description. and every one Of
them have recorded their verdict in
favor of Home Rule and their OPPOSE
ton to the Crimes Act amendment bill.
These meetings strengthen the position
and encourage those who are fighting
Ireland's battle.
But indignation meetings and resolu-
lions condemning coercion are not all
that is required by our friends in Ire
land. A correspondent in Wednesday
mornings Daily Globe, signing himself
Erin G. -Bragh,' makes some sugges-
tions on this point that are entitled to
consideration. He says:
ssWhat the Irish born men and their
offspring ought to do at the coming
meeting is to set good example to
other cities in the United States by
generously contributing to the anti
eviction fund, and thus encourage the
Irish farmers of Ireland in their fight
for reasonable and just rents to land
lords. By doing practical work of
this nature the forthco ning meeting
The Irish standard., 1887-04-23
A SUGGESTION.

To the Editor of The Irish Standard
Dear Sir:-Would you permit me through your
columns to make suggestion, which, as an Irish
man, believe would be fitting way of doing
honor to Her Majesty Queen Victoria on the oc-
casion of her jubilee. AS you are aware, Sunday,
June ~ will be the anniversary of Victoria's par-
don the familiarity accession to the throne OF
England, and I would suggest that on the after
ternoon of that day mass meetings be held in
every city, town and hamlet in the United States.
The committee having charge of these meetings
should select men who have, at some time in
their lives, suffered by British tyranny and in
Justice in Ireland to deliver. addresses on the
occasion. For instance John Boyle O'Reilly and
others could address the Boston meeting, New
York has innumerable patriots, SO has Chicago,
and we have no doubt that in every city men of
this class could be found who would be only too
willing to relate their experience" during the
years they have lived under the British flag. be-
lieve this would be about as fitting manner as
Irshmen could celebrate the day, and the effectit
would have on the Irish cause might be beneficial.
Let the Davitt branch take this matter into con-
sideration at their meeting next Sunday night
and see if the suggestion is worthy of agitation.
Yours ETC.. CELT.
1.-THE suggestion of 'Celt'' is undoubt-
eddy one that could be easily carried
out, and we have no hesitation in plac-
ing it before our readers and the differ
emit branches of the National League
as something that might be acted upon
with beneficial results to the Irish
cause. Such demonstration would. it
nothing else, neutralize the effect of the
festivities which the Tories and Loyal
lists are agitating in Great Britain. We
hope to see the question debated upon
next Sunday evening at the regular
meeting of the Davitt branch. Any
further suggestions bearing ON this SUBJ
ject will be gladly received and pub
lished in this paper-ED1ToR IRISH
STANDARD.
The Irish standard., 1887-04-23
THE REMOVAL OF JOSEPH sOALLON.

HSSAAAAASSASs
1--WE must give every man who has
been dismissed a chance to clear him
self of these charges of undermining
their Chief" said Alderman Dryer
at Tuesday nights meeting at DANA
hall in South Minneapolis. That is a
correct principle-a principle that
should hold good in every post ion of
life-oficial or otherwise. Neither the
man who tolls nor the man who holds
an official trust should be discharged
without cause. However, from the
many and conflicting statements that
are abroad in connection with the fire
department we are not now ready TO
condemn or uphold the act whereby
Joseph Scallon was removed from his
position. But we do most emphatical]y
say that Mr.. Scallon and his four asso-
ciates, who have been most faithful in
the discharge of their duties dur
ing years of service have right to
know and the public have right to
know Chief Stetson's reasons for the
course he has taken. Simple justice de-
mands this Let all the facts in the
case be brought to light that the public
may be able to judge impartially. The
triumph of right and justice is of much
more importance than the success Of
any one man or number of men. IF
Injustice has been done the men who
have been so abruptly removed from
positions the wrong should not be al
lowed to pass, but should be repaired
at once.
The Irish standard., 1887-04-23
1" PARNELLISM AND CRIME"

Major Saunderson has immOrtaliZed
himself by his reckless and mendacious
assertions in the British House of Com
mons on the night of the 18th instant,
and is now eminently qualified to fill
any position i'll the gift Of the Tory
Ministry. On the occasion referred to
the Major said the National League
was supported mainly by criminals,
dynamiters and murderers in America.
AS if this statement did not afford him
sufficient scope to vent his spleen, he
went further, and charged the men,
bers of the Irish Parliamentary party
with associating with men whom they
knew to be murderers. OF course such
astatement as this could not go unchal-
lenged, and the Nationalist would
have been more than human if they had
failed to characterize the statement
false in words the meaning OF which
could not possibly be misunderstood.
Mr.. Healy denounced the Major as a
wilful perverter of the truth, for which
offense ~ this gentleman was sus-
pended from participating in the de-
bates of the House for a certain speci-
fed space of time. Major Saunderson
continued his offensive remarks, and it
was only with the greatest efforts that
the Speaker secured a peaceful discus
sion of the business before the House.
The Majors accusations were so utterly
unreliable and numerous that it would
be pure waste of time to answer them
in detail. Amongst other statements
made was one concerning Mr.. Patrick
Egan, which that gentleman repudiates
in the course of the following inter-
view last Saturday:
"On several occasions Major Saunder-
son, vino is brutal, aggressive and un-
scrupulous, has been convicted by MIR.
Healy and others of deliberately stating
that which was not true, and finally he
was justly and properly branded last
night by Mr.. Sexton as a wilful and
cowardly liar. Major Saunderson last
night charged Mr.. Sexton with being
present when I was elected president of
what he called the Clan-na- Gael murder
association. What this man refers to
is the occasion of my election at ma
tional convention in Boston, in 1884, as
president of the Irish National League
of America, an organization which en-
braces some Of the very best citizens of
this country. Major Saunderson pre-
tended to quote from the columns of
the Irish World an account of a supper
given in celebration of the Phoenix Park
murders, at which he had the mem
dacity to say presided. Not only did
L never preside at such supper, but 1
never even heard of such a celebration
as that indicated"
It must not supposed for amoment
that the brain of Major Saunde rson ever
conceived the charges which he heed
sslessly made in the House Of Commons.
The Major derived his inspiration from
The Irish standard., 1887-04-23
EDITORIAL BREvlTIEs.

The Liberal Association of Birmlng-
ham, Eng, at meeting held last Sat
urday, rejected all the Unionlst pro-
posals, and, after a stormy scene and
futile endeavors to adjourn, passed
resolution protesting against the coer-
ciOn hill
The Irish standard., 1887-04-23
SHOCKING DISCLOSURES.

The revelations made by the Society
for the Prevention of Vice, which held
it's meeting this week, must have sur
prised many of the sentimentalists OF
our city who refuse to believe that any
body can be very bad.
The disclosures concerning the major
ity of magnetic healers'' and certain
places where massage treatment" is
administered will not be likely to ex-
cite any degree of wonder in the minds
of those who peruse the daily pa
pers of the larger cities in this country.
In all large cities such places are to be
found, and that such places should be
tolerated is not very creditable to our
lawmakers. We do not doubt the
veracity of the detective employed by
the society when he states that many
of these places are in reality houses of
designation. The evil influence such
places have on community cannot be
overestimated, and worse than all it is
rising generation that suffers the most.
AS in other cities, it is not the poorer
classes who patronize these Infamous
institutions, but those who can afford
to throw away their money on such
vicious brothels. Many fashionable wo-
men are also reputed to be patrons, and
we do not doubt it.
The charge made that certain ply
sicians in this city are known to prac-
tice a certain form of iniqulty pro-
scribed by the laws of God and man, is
something that should also receive more
than passing attention at the hands OF
our lawmakers. We have always be-
lieved that the law on this point can
not be too stringent, and that the pen
atty attached to professional miscon-
duct of this nature should be severe
enough to make the crime a rare one,
indeed. In some countries this NAL
practice is punishable with death, and
considered from any point of view, can
it be said that the penalty is too severe
The printing and circulation of OBJ
scene literature is another thing which
the society deplores, but assure their
sympathizers that Minneapolis is not so
bad in this respect as many OF the east
ern cities. The prohibiting Of such pub
LEGATIONS as the Police News is COM
mendable. Such sensational papers have
been the primary cause of many a
Youths downfall.
AS the secretary of the society AYERS,
it is no doubt difficult thing to secure
conviction, but greater efforts should
be put forth to ferret these cases out,
and when the guilty parties are brought
to Justice the extreme penalty of the
law should be melted out to them. The
society is to be congratulated on the
amount of good work it has performed
with the limited means at its disposal
The Irish standard., 1887-04-23

JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN received de-
cidedly enthusiastic reception during
his visit to Scotland. He was hooted
at every meeting he attempted to adj
dress. Joseph cannot dispose OF his
wares in the Gland o. cakes and
brither Scots"
The Irish standard., 1887-04-23
PROGRESS OF THE BATTLE.

The Crimes Act amendment bill has
passed its second reading in the House
of Commons. but it will be a long time
yet before it will practically become
law. The Ministerialists concede that
they will not be able to carry the third
reading before the middle Of June. 1t
will then be submitted to the House of
Lords, and by July it may be ready to
go into effect.
But it is one thing to pass coercion
bill and quite another thing to carry it
into OBJECT If this one has the same.
fortune as those that preceded it, it will
not be very easy matter to enforce it's
provisions, as the Tories will sooner or
later find out. Earl Spencer, who was
lord lieutenant of Ireland in 1882, ten.
ders them some information OIL this
point. AS it was his lordship who adj
ministered the last Crimes Act his
opinion certainly merits more than
ordinary consideration. He comedies
that the bill perceptibly reduced crime,
but spurns the idea that there was any
improvement in the condition of the
people. While it was in force, he says,
the hatred to English rule increased,
and the disorganization of society was
infinitely greater. This evidence, COM
ing from one so we'll qualified to express
an opinion on this subject, should be-
considered by the Tories before going
too far on the road to ruin. They must
understand now, hencefortb, and for
evermore that the inhabitants of Ire
land are not going to be intimid ted
into humiliating submission. A policy
of Cancellation would bring forth good
results, but coercion can never do any
thing but drive the Irish people further
away from England. There is but one
question to be considered in this mat
ter: Shall an endeavor be made to en-
force laws that will sacrifice to the sell
fish greed of an unproductive and
wholly worthless set of land sharks the
welfare, happiness and prestige of a ma
ton? Webelieve that the time is not
far distant when the British masses
will give an answer to this question
quite different from that desired by the
Tories, and we await it with hopeful
confidence. But Earl Spencer is not
the only one who condemns the fill on
good grounds. The man who pro-
posed the bill of 1882, Mr.. Gladstone,
administering ashamed OF his share in
tine transaction, but acknowledges that
he gained certain experience. This is
the same experience as that referred to
by Earl Spencer, and similar to the one
in store for the Tories, only perhaps the
future one will be accompanied with
dire calamity. Time alone can tell.
The Irish standard., 1887-04-23

second thOugnC IL WOulQ perhaps De as
we'll to treat this latest effort to blacken
his character with silent contempt. The
letter in itself affords sufficient evidence
of it's own vile origin. AS to the gen.
eral charges contained in the Tines
articles Earl Spencer says he knows
from his experience as lord lieutenant of
ireland, and certainly nobody was in a
position to know better, that it was alb
solutely untrue that any members of the
Irish Parliamentary parties were MUIR
derers or the associates ofmurderers, as
charged by Major Saunderson in the
House of Commons, and the London
Times in the articles entitled "Par-
nellism and Crime" Can any further
evidence be required to substantiate the
assertions of the Liberals and Nation
alists that the Times and Tories have
entered into vile conspiracy with
the object IF running the Irish cause by
circulating malignant lies. But they
are not likely to succeed. The people
must have something stronger than
the assertion of paper that is no
longer considered responsible, or the
unsubstantiated statements of an era.
tic individual like Major Saunderson
before they can be convinced that the
Irish Parliamentary party seeks to Sc
cure redress for Irish grievances other
than through constitutional sources.
The game is an old one, and will fall to
the ground. 4.
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4 NENENT-THEORY And Practice.


In theory most human trans grcSsiOns arc
capable Of aton"mcnt The law in Furnishing
crime holds out 10 the offender hope that
when his sentence has been served his crime
Will have been cxpiatcd. In practice, how
ever, men are crucler than the law, and their
persistent refusal 10 recognize eXpiauon and
atoncmcnt constitutes to this day the greatest
dimcuty in the way Of penal reform. For
it is of little use 10 reform the convict and tit
him for an honest livelihood IL society OBJ
stinatcly refuses to let him lead an upright
life; If it insists upon holding that once
criminal means always criminal, and by It's
anathema forces the pcnitcnt back into evil
courses. This, however, Is the kind or In
humanity supposed to be practsed by selfish
wordlngs who have neither the will nor
inclination to apply the prcccpts of the Chris
tian religion. What, then, is to be thought
il precisely tho same unforgiving and I'M
Christian spirit appears among Christian min
isters among those whose special duty and
mission it is to present to the world a con-
sislcnt picture Of applied rcligon2
A dispatch from Cincinnati the other day
stated that the Rev. j. Z. Kracmer, OF ST.
Louis, went 10 the fiIst-namcd city to fill Il
pastoratc. A letter apparently anonymous)
was sent to Cincinnati, saying that Mr.
Kracmer had been three years In Il German
prison for cmbczzlcmcnt in the postal service
many years previously. "Somc OF the other
minister's the dispatch proceeded, have
made vigorous opposition TO Mr.. Kracmer's
taking charge Of his church, and others hayo
taken his part. Mr.. Kracmer himself does
Al. -, L,,t
of honorable and right living does not cover
fault, Christian charity is meaningless
Is this not palpably true or what possible
significance can it be TO read st. Paul to CON
gIcgations, to cxpatiatc upon the infinite toll
GRANGE and compassion Of God for human In
lirmitics, TO quote Christs plain and emphatic
teachings on the duty of forgivencss-whcn
tho first opportunity that offers for the practi-
cal application Of these principles proves that
they have taken no root at all in the characters
Of the ministers themselves? What right
have men who so flagrantly repudiatc the
doctrines of the Founder Of their faith to
stNlc themselves Christians and how can
they who walk so far from the path expect
10 lead others into ii?
1t is perfectly, undeniably true that il
I"ohV years VI nohoiaoio anu rBho living
docs not cover fault, Christian charity is
meaning less. But for all this there are few
even among the straitest professors Of Chris
tianity who would act differently from the
Cincinnati clergymen on q like occasion.
Victor Hugo illustrated the way of the world
with tremendous power in the pathetic story
Of Jean Vatican. Nor is that story in It's es-
sentials romance. No man who has ever had
to do with the administration OF criminal Jaw
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-08-21
TWO UyS4TISF1CTORY VERDICTS.

Tho general worthlcssncss of COrUncfs in
quests has long been established. In many
Instances an inquest is little better Than a
farce, and the Jurys recommendations Oh
structures carry no weight Two vcrdictS were
rendered last Thursday in cases OF uncommon
imnoItance. One related to a railroad dis
astcr Of almost unparalleled magnitude; tho
other to a casualty which is thought by many
to be not too harshly characterized when II
Is called railroad murder. The striking
thing about these vcrdicts is that in neither
case is ccnsuIc visited upon the railway COM
pany.
In the case Of the Chatsworth disaster the
Jury apparently was packed. The reports say
that the three or four friends OF the road on
the Jury had better staying qualities than
those who wished to declare the company at
fault The entire blame is placed upon the
section foreman, who Is declared guilty oil
gross and criminal carclcssncss in leaving fires
burning along the track and in not inspecting
track and bridges us he should have done.
Not a word of ccnsuro for the company be-
cause It allowed such an enormously heavy
excursion train TO be run. Not n word be-
cause a wooden bridge was permitted to stand
over a drv gully and in imminent danger oil
being set on fire by burning grass. Not
word because a better system OF Inspecting
the track was not arranged. Evidently the
three or four friends of the road on the jury"
did their work in thoroughly satisfactory
manncr-to the management Inc puDhc'
however, take a different view, and when the
question Of damages comes up in the courts
another story will doub tlcss be told.
The Washington jury was almost equally
lcnicnt. The accident there is declared to
have been .'duc to the very rapid rate oil
suced at which trains habltually enter the
city. and especially in rounding the curve,
which the company must know TO be dan
pcrous point This Is mild blame indeed.
If 1.-The company must know how great dan
GER existed there, surely it was responsible
for permitting such a state of things to con-
tinuc-criminally responsible, we mean. There
could hardly be n clearer case than this. III
eyer there was "railroad murder" here was
one At this inquest, too, representative OIL
the railroad was the most active man. Inc
public may not place high value upon the
ycrdicts of coroncrs' juries but these two in
stances show unusual anxiety on the part OF
railroad companies to have tho responsibility
for accidents shifted from their shoulders.
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:lewa1ork DAILY Gribn,re:
HORACE GREELEY.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 81. 1887.
TWELVE PAGES.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FoREIGN.-The Conservative Government has
,ssued circular to Tories, appealing
for support. - proposition from Rus
sia to Turkey to Jointly occupy Eastern Rumelia
md Bulparia; Turkey has not acceded. - The
GaIatea won the Jubilee yacht race at Halifax
g Mr. Chamberlain expressed regret at the
proclamation of the League in speech at Blrmng-
ham.
: DoMEsIIC.-Opposition to Powderly among the
KNIGHTS of Labor - The white men blamed for
the troubles with the Utes in Colorado - En-
campment of the Connecticut National Guard.
Earthauake IN South Carolina. - The
charter TO the ironwOrkers refused by the
KNIGHTS of Labor - Lawn tennis at Bar Har-
,bor and Cooperstown - The croquet tourna-
ment at Norwich, Conn.,, finished g Murder
nv masked robbers in Missouri. - Races at
Saratoga and Utica. - Damage by lightning al
Asbury Park. - Heavy hail storm IN Kansas.
CITY AND SUBURBAN.-A woman and her
daughter killed themselves; suicide of boy IN
the House of Refuge. - The assignee of II. 5.
Ives g. Co., made statement. - The exact
measurement of the Thistle. - An e1-
planation of tine Scott defalcation. -
Pleuropneumonia IN the city. - Winners at
Monmouth Park-Mona. Speciality, Laggard, Long
Lnioht, Leather Stocking, Strathspey, Hercules.
g Labor politicians PLAYED baseball. =
Gold value of the egal-tender silver dollar 412i2
prains)-44 9-l6d. per ounce-7424 cents. -
Stocks dull and fraotlonally lower, closing steady
THE Observation-Disclosures for to-day: Local
showers followed by fair weather; slightly warmer.
Temperature yesterday: Highest, 760; lowest,
$50: average, 100.
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cent avenue of ships, and summoned on board
the Victoria and Albert the commanders OF the
great vessels around her. There was someJu
tifable grumbling at the delay; but In no other
way probably could the Queen have shown
more impressively that she was mistress OF me
VIII ole. and a mistress to be Obeyed